Railway car



Ea. H. MATTINGLEY RAILWAY CAR Filed D60. 27. 1926 Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED I STATES earsn'r OFFECE.

EDWARD H. MATTINGLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAR ROOFING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

RAILWAY GAR.

Application filed December 27, 1926. Serial No.157,227.

My invention relates to railway cars and particularly to the embodiment therein of a load lifting device associated with the car roof structure. A- principal object of the invention is to provide means extending longitudinally of the car and rigidly secured to the roof thereof for enabling automobiles to be raised above the car floor so as to permit a platform, rack or similar support, by which the automobile is carried during transit, to be placed thereunder. A further object of the invention is to secure the load lifting device to the carlines and end plate of the roof so that it shall also serve as a reinforcing means for the upper portion of the car and its roof. v

A primary feature of the invention consists in securing the load lifting device in spaced relation to the roof carlines and general level of the roof in a manner permitting a chain or hoisting hook to be readily positioned between the underside of the roof and the load lifting device.

Other and more specific objects and features of the invention will hereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of h a car roof embodying the invention, the sheets thereof being removed.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the roof.

Figure 3 is a view taken on the line 3-3 a of Figure 2.

Figure '4 is a view taken on the line of'Figure 3.

Referring to ,the drawings, the roof is shown as having'the usual rigidly connected side, plates 1 and end plates 2, both preferably being of Z-shape. Resting upon the upper horizontal flanges 3 of the side plates and secured thereto by means of rivets 4, are the customary carlines 5. These may be advantageously formed as inverted channel members having oppositely disposed laterally extending flanges 6. If desired the roof may be provided with purlins 7 to which the carlines are secured by bolts 8. The roofsheets 9. which are secured to the upstanding intermediate legs 10 of the side plates 1 by bolts 11, extend from side plate to side plate and their side edges preferably terminate in inverted channels 12 of substantially the same shape as the carlines, thereby permitting adjacent roof sheets to be arranged on the carlines in embracing overlapped relation and to be secured thereto by means of Wedge clamps 13.

The load lifting device 14, illustrated in the present instance as an I-beam, is rigidly connected to the roof structure at its opposite ends by means of brackets 15. These brackets are secured to the horizontal flange 16 of each of the end plates and to the lower or bottom flange 17 of the I-beam by rivets 18 and 19, respectively Extending transversely of the lateral flanges 7 of each of the carlines and secured thereto by rivets 20, are a plurality of angular brackets 21 .for supporting the lifting device intermediate its ends. These brackets preferably are arranged in pairs and extend under the upper flange 22 of the I-beam and may advantageously be rigidly connected to the vertical Web 23 thereof by'rivets 24. By thus forming the brackets, means is provided for effectively'supporting the load liftingdevice and spacing 'it sufficiently below the general level of the roof so that a chain, rope, hoisting hook or the like'may be readily. inserted between the roof and lifting device, pass over the latter and thus be supported thereby.

Being connected at. its opposite ends to the.

car end plates 2 and being attached to the carlines 5 at points intermediate'its. ends,

the beam 14, in addition to functioning as a load lifting device, serves to resist any force applied near the top and tending to knock out the end of the car, such force being transmitted by the beam 14 tothe' several carlines. Moreover, because of this relationship of the parts, vertical deflection of anycarline is resisted by thebeam 14 which transmits and distributes the stress to the adjacent carlines thereby securing cooperation betweenall of the carlines and the beam.

IClaiIIlL.

1. A railwaycar comprisingside plates,

carlines secured to the side plates and having. oppositely disposed laterallyextendin'g flanges, end plates rigidly attached to the said side plates, roof sheets secured to the carlines, and means carried by the laterally extending, flanges of the carlines constituting a loadlifting. device, said means being secured at its opposite'ends to the respective end plates and being disposed in spaced relation to'the underside offthe roof sheets.

2. A railway car having side plates, end

with oppositely disposed laterally extending flanges resting upon and secured to the side I plates, roof sheets carried by the earlines and extending from side plate to side plate, and

means extending longitudinally of the car constituting a load lifting device, said means being secured to the lateral flanges of the carlines in spaced relation thereto.

3. A railway car having side plates, end plates secured thereto, carlines extending from side plate tov side plate and rigidly secured thereto, said carlines having oppositely disposed laterally extending flanges, roof sheets carried by the carlines, means secured 5 to the end plates extending longitudinally of the car and constitutinga load lifting device, and members carried by the lateral flanges of the carlines and depending downwardly therefrom for supporting said means in 20 spaced relation to the underside of the roof sheets.

EDWARD HQMATTINGLEY. 

